ARBORETUM NOTES, LOS 
eg PUL Dina. 
QUERCUS CERRIS. 
Loudon, v. 3, 1846. 
A great number of trees of this species, planted Bs 
by my father, at different times since 1823, have 
erown very well, and are now of considerable 
height and size. They bear abundance of acorns 
which however do not ripen except in warm 
and dry seasons. The largest trees that I have 
measured are, one at the south-east corner of 
the Dairy Grove, and one between the pleasure 
eround and the Vicarage Grove; each of these now 
(1869) measures about five feet, nine inches 
round, at the height of three feet. 
Loudon’s description of this Oak is very good 
and so are his woodcuts, ona small scale. Itisa 
very handsome tree, much more upright and 
symmetrical in form than the common oak, and 
with less of the character of rugged and massy 
strength; the principal branches not becoming 
nearly so large in proportion. The foliage very 
rich, dense and handsome; what Loudon says of 
the extraordinary variability in form of the leaves 
is perfectly accurate. They turn, on the approach 
of winter, to a warmer brown colour than those of 
the common oak, and a portion of them often 
remain on the tree, in this brown state, through a 
ereat part of the winter. Theacorns are large and 
fine, of a more lengthened form than in the 
